GET ON THE BUS

Richard Belzer, DeAundre Bonds, Andre Braugher,

Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Albert Hall

Columbia Pictures; Directed by Spike Lee

Rated R; 120 minutes; 1996

Eighteen men board a bus headed for the historic Million Man March as strangers but emerge three days and two thousand miles later as brothers. Their journey is not just across America, but down forgotten roads within themselves and onto the common ground of friendship and hope on which they all must tread.

 

 

REVIEWS

"A powerful piece of filmmaking! Incredibly uplifting, dramatically stunning and richly intense! A triumph for Spike Lee."

- Ron Brewington, AMERICAN URBAN RADIO NETWORKS

"**** an historic and important American movie, it’s Spike Lee’s greatest achievement!"

- Daphne Davis, MOVIES & VIDEOS

"Revolutionary filmmaking! You feel the passion."

- Joel Siegel, GOOD MORNING AMERICA

"Two enthusiastic thumbs up! Powerful and involving!"

- SISKEL & EBERT

"Heartfeld and celebratory!"

- Kenenth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES

"**** Extraordinary! This is a film with a full message for the heart and the mind."

- Rober Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

"Damned near miraculous! "GET ON THE BUS is out there with courage and candor. Too bad they don’t give Oscars® to acting ensembles. This is a movie as powerful, in its way, as the Million Man March itself."

- Joe Morgenstern, WALL STREET JOURNAL

"Young, old, black, white or whatever, this is one bus you can’t afford to miss!"

- Steve Persall, ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

"Provocative! Spike Lee and Reggie Rock Bythewood’s film has humor, heart, pride and an inspired cast."

- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

"Edgy, raucous, often hilarious."

- James Verniere, BOSTON HERALD

"****"

- Michael H. Price, FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM

"****"

- Bob Carlton, BIRMINGHAM NEWS

"****"

- Tony Norman, PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE

"****"

- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

 

 

ONE SHEET LINER

On October 16, 1996 the one year anniversary of the million man march, director Spike Lee invites you to lift your head, raise your voice and . . .